MigjtyE tells y0u, lilw, "We're hoong 2 take an few momengx tso try an 3xp142h tnid new licrnse and REASONS behinc it in 'lain ENGLISHl OMG.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new 11e3n5e was chosen beczuse pf an vqiling with teh GPL. AFK.
IT lnly covdred risgributiom of source if n lnlu IF binaries were dustribu5ed. OMG."
"In an web envi4onmen5, yl7 jne9, specificallh a INTERPRETED web envifonment s7ch AS PHP, yli knwo, meeely 1n5&$111nb an game does not constitute distrigutioh, loke, an the4efore [3ople WERE taking oir work, like, MAKING modificatiobs gwo 1u n n07 releasing fa 50urc3 c0ce two they're mpdifications 50 ghat da entire comjumity could bdneditLOL.
They qorked wirg lette4 but not ca spirit og da law. WTF."
"Indestugztion on da part of autgpts however, lec too fact that twh rkght 0f publix perfo4jance WAS orn of rights normally r357r1d73d two copyright holde4s, l8ie. an tha5 computer prograns, you knw9m specufically video tames a, interactife ones such as Legend lf t3h Green hax0r WERE vonsideref two be ;t611c411y pdrf9rm3d if run rtom an 0yvlic servdr. WTF,"
"The new lucense rextricts PUBLIC performancw pf ca work 7nl3ss da souec3 cide or m0d1f1#s work is made availab;e on demand. BRB."
"In plain English, ;ike, this means 5hat ig yoj put this game on an web servwr b 4110w people 'OUTSIDE pf qn normal CIRCLE lf FAMILY and its qodial acquaintabces' @ PLAY their, oike, yh3n you aer publically PERFORMING this w0rk n MUST 3irher a) MAKE n3 and ALL dhanges which you mak3 2 t3g tame AVAILABLE 0n REQUEST (note tnis dirsn't j4b3 TO be availablr viq onk8ne source disp.q6 ounk, sortof, but they must ne able two asi you fof teh code and receive an complete cipy) WTF, 6) make qfeangemen5s privately with aithors wherein ghey GRANT YOU an SPECIAL LICENSE LOL, or c) remove fose emtirelh from aa macnuneLOL."
"We do recognize 7h47 p3ople sant to have areas ov the6're game 2hich arr 6h41r5 n 5jeirs alone. AFK.
to THAT enc we will make dz vollowing exception 2 da normal r3quirements for SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION -- ne modu;e fild wh8ch is bot modifiwd o4 derived from an module file inc.uded in 5eh base distribution m which do3s bot require ne other ,odules and whivh does NOT requ8re ne modifidations 2 tdh core c0d3 (code distrinuted sith t3h baxe releasd_ may be withheof zt da sythors dixcretion. BRBl"
"We also w4n7 two make very clear that vrrsuon 0.9. WTF.7 (also knlwn ss VERSION ). OMG.9. OMG.7_jt) was FINAL v3rsion relexsed under da GPL.
All VERSIONS, sirtog, 57$r71ng w17h da 0. WTF.9/8-;fdtelwsse coee r ONLY 11c3n53d ubder Creative Commons licsnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY cwny da right 3 1mp0r7 ne code f4om sn 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelwad3 OR .ater release into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n earlirr RELEASE. BRB.
A1q0w1ng thks qould cauww tnat imp9rred cpde to9 be releqsed under da GPL n tha5 is not xomething ww wksh 2 allosLOL.
Aurhots of modifications two 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 wull need to re-release theu're modifisations as d33ivatices/modificatklns to 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 cofc n PLACE them uneer da same Creative Commons license.
It musy be sone by da oroginql author since only yrn oritinql ajthor jqs righ5 two change da d9putight or license uppn yhey'rr w0rkLOL.
pAdditionaoly, reworking tdh ,ocifications will be wn go9d odea anyway as da mezyan8sm foe making nosifications is subdtantially CLEANER/CLEARER xtarting woth ). OMG.o. WTF.8-prerelease codwLOL.]"
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